Trolley-hanger.



BEET AVAZLABLE cow H. P. DAVIS. V TROLLEY HANGER. APPLICATION FILED APRJO, 1908.

Patefited Aug. 1?, 1909.

messenger Wire or cable 1! conductor and the cable; for

. action HARRY P. DAVIS, F PITTSBURG. PE

iHYLVAN-iA. AJSSIGI Z()B, BY MESNL ASSIGNMENTS TO WESTINGHOUSE ELECCFRlC MANUFACTURING PENNSYLVANIA, A (JOR-PORA'IIUN 0]. PE: I

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it may concern: it known that l, l-lsnnr l. l)A .'IS, a citizen of the United States, and n resident of Pittsbnrg,v in the county of iilleqheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented it new and useful improvement llt'fii' -OllQV- Hangers, of which the following is n specificntion.

My invention relates to overhead line an improved device :2 trolley conductor from a or a plurality of such wires or cables.

In the catenary type of line as usually installed, the trolley V nected to one or'inore messenger co. a. plurality of rigid hangers ea ch comprising a rod or a frame and clam s-which are respectively secured to the ca le or cables to the trolley conductor. 2 By of the rigid nature of result gitn example, the trolley conductor is sometimes kinlted or hent ont of shape near the ends of the trolley clamps. Furthermore, when electric vehicles are operated at high speeds, a relatively high pressure is usually exerted by the trollagainst the in order to avoid arcing to insure contact between the engaging In the use of the rigid hangers art, the points of connection between the anger and the troll have been so unyielding that a sometimes took contact shoe passed along the Wire, which. served to bend the trolley wire at these points and to increase the arcing tendency.

Accorcling to my present invention, 3: ride on improved hanger which is simple and durable in construction and is adapted for suspending a trolley conductor from a such cables. prior art are verticsl anti longitudinal movements of the trolley wire relative to the messenger cable or cables and a comparatively slight lateral movement of the Wire relative to the cable or cables.

place as the trolley Specification of. Letters Application filed April 7.0, 1908.

material hammering Patent. Patented Au 17, 1909.

Serial No. l26,288.

rigid connection is maintained between the hunger rod or frame and the messenger cable or cables in order to ilVOltl frictional engagement between the two parts and Wear on the latter.

*lignre l of the accompanying drawings is an elevation of a hanger constructed accordance with my invention, and Figs. 2 'and 3 are, respectively, a sectional elevation and a side viewof the trolley clamp and that portion of-the hanger adjacentto it.

eferring to the drawings, a trolley conductor 1 is supported from messenger cables 2 and 3 by means of a plurality of trolley hangers each ofwhich substantially correthat which is illustrated in the drawings.

The trolley hanger 4 clamps 5 6 which are joined by a spec ing rod 7, a trolley clamp 8 and oblique sirle compri cable WHI- rod 7, constitute a substantially equi- 'ni' triangular frame. Any suitable clamps may be employed, but Li prei'er to utilize chimps which are similar to those illustrated and described in Patent No. 803,216, issued ()ctober inghonse Electric e Manufacturing Com pony, as assignee of Theodore Varney and myself. y

The trolley clam 8 comprises an outer sleeve 11 having lateral projections or 12 and 13 Which are tapped to receive the lower ends of the oblique rods 9 and 10, on inner sleeve is l1 ng s restricted portion 15 near the middle of its interior which is screw-threoded to receive a bolt 16 and a tapered lower end screw-threaded semi-cylindrical portions 18 o clamping members 19. The 1 outer sleeve ll end 20 so that the head of the bolt lomay I rest on the end surface and thereby support the sleeve 1 1 within the sleeve 11; Th

movement of the clampingews and the inner sleeve relative I supporting frame the clearance is nimle l trolley conductor 31, 1905, to the West has a partially closed upper longitudinal movement of said conductor;

"relative to the rigid part of the hanger may be permitted. An additional adjustment is permitted by reason of the fact that the inner sleeve 14 is supported at some distance 1 below the end, the weight of the trolley concurrent collector.

. The clamping members 19 are constructed in a well known manner with hookedpro ections 21 wlnchtengage longitudinal groovesfifl in the trolley conductor 1, the

necessaryi. clamping action being obtained when the sleeve 14 is screwed down onto the scan-cylindrical portions 18.

'It will be understood that my invent-ion may be utilized'in connection with a single messenger cable and that other modifications maybe effected within its scope.

1 claim as my invention:

1. A hanger for electric lines comprising a rigid and substantially triangular supporting frame, cable clamps at two corners or" the frame, a sleeve member at the third corner, and a trolley-conductor clamp compris ing j a w members, a gripping sleeve and means for so suspending said gripping sleeve in said sleeve member as to permit of vertical and longitudinal movement.

2. In an electric line structure, the dombmatlon with a pair of messenger wires or cables, and a trolley conductor, of means for supporting the trolley conductor from the cables, said means comprising a substantially vertical sleeve, hanger rods for supporting the sleeve from the cables, and a trolleyconductor clamp comprising jaw members, a suspending bolt, and a sleeve in the respective ends of which said jaw members and said bolt are seated, said clamp being freely movable vertically and inthe direction of the trolley conductor. Y

3. In an electric line structure, the combination with a pair of messenger wires or cables, and a trolley conductor, of a hanger for suspending the trolley conductor from the cables comprising a substantially triangular frame, cable clamps disposed at two corners thereof, a sleeve member at the third corner, and a trolley-conductor *clamp comprising jaw members, a gripping sleeve for said. jaw members, and a bolt for so suspending said gripping sleeve within said sleeve member that it may move vertically and in the direction of the trolley conductor.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name this 31st day of March, 1908. v I i HARRY P. DAVIS.

Witnesses C. E. Srrrnns, Bmivnr Times. 

